033 Listening to Your Evil Friend: Much Ado About Nothing (1598)

2024-11-29

Believe Your Girlfriend: The Play Benedict likes Beatrice, and Beatrice likes Benedict, but Benedict and Beatrice don't like that they like each other, so their friends trick them into getting together. Meanwhile, Claudio likes Hero, and Hero likes Claudio, but Don John doesn't like people being happy, so he tricks Claudio into thinking Hero is cheating on him. Claudio... does not take it well. "Romeo and Juliet" was a comedy that became a tragedy. "Much Ado About Nothing" is a comedy that becomes a tragedy...

Believe Your Girlfriend: The Play

Benedict likes Beatrice, and Beatrice likes Benedict, but Benedict and Beatrice don't like that they like each other, so their friends trick them into getting together. Meanwhile, Claudio likes Hero, and Hero likes Claudio, but Don John doesn't like people being happy, so he tricks Claudio into thinking Hero is cheating on him. Claudio... does not take it well.

"Romeo and Juliet" was a comedy that became a tragedy. "Much Ado About Nothing" is a comedy that becomes a tragedy and becomes a comedy again. Does it work? Join us to find out!

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Sources:

The Oxford Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing (Oxford University Press)

Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, edited by Brian Vickers (Routledge)

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